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Standard CAN/BNQ 9700-800 Healthy Enterprise — Prevention, Promotion and Organizational Practices Contributing to Health in the Workplace
Employee health is important to businesses, because it is associated with greater loyalty, increased productivity and significant savings, especially in terms of disability costs. With that in mind the BNQ has developed the CAN/BNQ 9700-800 standard, commonly known as « Healthy Enterprise. » This standard is for any business or organization, regardless of its type or size, or the product or service it provides. The standard provides guidance and sets out requirements regarding good organizational practices that foster healthy lifestyles among employees, a healthy workplace, and sustainable improvements in the health of individuals. The Healthy Enterprise standard is an initiative of Groupe entreprises en santé. It enables businesses, employees, unions, service providers and other players in the workplace to work together to create a healthier workplace.
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CAN/BNQ 9700-800
Healthy Enterprise - Prevention, Promotion and Organizational Practices Contributing to Health and Wellness in the Workplace
This National Standard of Canada supersedes the standard BNQ 9700-800 that is now withdrawn.
Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS)
Ms. Marie-Ève Côté
Groupe conseil NOVO SST
Ms. Sonia Fillion
Groupe Optel
Ms. Emmanuelle Gaudette
Willis Towers Watson
Ms. Annie Jean
Mouvement Desjardins
Mr. Raphaël Margotton
Medial Services-conseils-SST
Doctor Mario Messier
Groupe entreprises en santé
Ms. Diane Miller-Bourdon
La Great-West
Ms. Michèle Parent
Morneau Shepell
Mr. Jean-Pier Rodrigue
Travailleur autonome
Doctor Michel Vézina
Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ)
Certification Offer
A well trained and motivated workforce composed of healthy, productive and innovative employees enables a business to grow and prosper in an increasingly competitive environment. The BNQ’s Healthy Enterprise certification highlights these qualities, enabling the business to build an enviable reputation.
Three certification levels are available to all types of businesses:
Healthy Enterprise: The enterprise clearly demonstrates its commitment to the health and wellness of its employees and all stakeholders. It collects data to understand the health and wellness needs of its employees and determines the priorities of the enterprise. The enterprise establishes a structured action plan in collaboration with its Health and Wellness Committee, and plans and organizes several interventions related to at least one of the identified priority needs. Participation and satisfaction are evaluated for each intervention.
Healthy Enterprise — Elite: The enterprise goes one step further to integrate health into its organization by including prevention, promotion, and organizational practices contributing to health in its strategic planning. It defines the responsibility of managers in relation to health and trains them on prevention. The Health and Wellness Committee collects more data for the identification of needs, targets two priority needs, and organizes more interventions, including at least one in the sphere of management practices. Furthermore, the committee evaluates another measurable objective in addition to those at the “Healthy Enterprise” level for each intervention. Health and wellness are better integrated into management processes, which further enhances wellness and the balance between the individual and his or her work environment.
Healthy Enterprise — Elite plus: At this level, the enterprise seeks an in-depth understanding of its situation and of the expected long-term benefits, targets more specific interventions, and aims to develop a sustainable health and wellness culture. Managers become more involved in the approach as the enterprise establishes a development plan for prevention, promotion, and organizational practices contributing to better health and wellness, and evaluates the plan according to an established objective and employee satisfaction with the visible commitment of their managers. Data collection is more important, segmenting the employee population and measuring changes in health and wellness indicators over time to better target priority needs. The number of required interventions is higher than for the previous levels, particularly in the sphere of management practices. The approach is more personalized for employees and integrated both at an organizational and a personal level, thus contributing more closely to the development of a sustainable health and wellness culture.
In the certification program, businesses take action in the four areas of activity that are known to have a significant impact on employee health:
lifestyle habits;
work-life balance;
work environment;
management practices.
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BNQ 9700-880
Prevention, Promotion and Organizational Practices Contributing to Health in the Workplace - Certification Protocol
The document « Detailed Description of the Requirements of the "Healthy Enterprise" Certification Program » is attached to the document BNQ 9700-880.
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